CVE-2024-29965: Insecure backup

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-04-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-922

Description

In Brocade SANnav before v2.3.1, and v2.3.0a, it is possible to back up the appliance from the web interface or the command line interface ("SSH"). The resulting backups are world-readable. A local attacker can recover backup files, restore them to a new malicious appliance, and retrieve the passwords of all the switches.

Affected products

Brocade SANnav: before 2.3.0a — fixed in 2.3.0a

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Brocade SANnav 2.3.0a. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://support.broadcom.com/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/23250
https://support.broadcom.com/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/23250

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